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Phillip Dampier:
Just like with the Reagan years, here we have more advertisers not taking -any- chances whatsoever.  This ad leaves me cold.  They think they're clever, but not so much.  Live a little.


Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper commercial
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Phillip Dampier:
Nope... we're looking for something a tad edgier and with more zap.  I'm not buying it.  (And I didn't either - can Dr. Pepper handle "berries and cream" on top of the 20+ other flavors?)


Dr Pepper Berries and Cream Commercial
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Phillip Dampier:
Yeah, their advertising agencies dropped the pepper, so now to serve the YouTube generation, Dr. Pepper asked those drinking it to help create new ads for the soft drink.  Amazingly, a lot of these turned out to be more authentic and made more of a connection than the mediocre million dollar ad agencies were able to come up with.  Here's one especially for Texas:


Dr. Pepper Commercial
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Phillip Dampier:
And here is an especially clever one that has gotten popular:


I would do anything for love - Dr Pepper ad
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